E-cadherin gene mutations in signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 843-848

  Muta, Hiromi ^a,b   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a   Kanai, Yae ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Nawata, Hajime ^b   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E cadherin; Gene mutation; Signet ring cell carcinoma; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

DNA; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029790319     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb02109.x     Document Type: Article

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